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If so, which song?

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[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Seems like I'd condition myself to hate that song.

That's exactly what happens lol

[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yup. I tried it because it sounded like a pleasant way to wake up. Instead I just started hating some of my favorite songs.

[–] guy@piefed.social 2 points 10 months ago

This.

Now I just have a generic alarm signal because I would like to keep enjoying the music I like

[–] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

When I was in my teens I used Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, by Led Zeppelin as my alarm, over 15 years later and I can't help but feel like I'm being yanked out of dead sleep every time I hear it.

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[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

+1 for Marc Rebillet

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vanessa Carlton's "A thousand miles", mostly for the piano part at the beginning.

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not to mention it’s an absolute banger

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That's a pretty groovy tune

[–] noseatbelt@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Concerning Hobbits. I picked it to try to set the tone for the day, and it usually works. I'm not a morning person so this is about as good as I can get.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Luke Skywalker's theme from Star Wars: A New Hope.

[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I use FM radio for a random song or ad to wake me up. It's the only time I hear the radio on purpose.

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago

I had devil dogs by sabaton as my alarm for a while because all the instruments come in at once and it would jolt me awake.

[–] remon@ani.social 4 points 10 months ago
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I use The Ecstacy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It starts quietly and peacefully so doesn't startle me but builds to a crescendo which guarantees my awake attention.

[–] MrSelatcia@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is an amazing choice. I just changed all my alarms.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I've learned to use a shuffled playlist to wake up. Different song each day, but pulled from my liked songs.

Now if I can just figure out how to make that happen with Home Assistant instead of Google's bullshit assistant.

[–] ijustliketrains@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I use Your New Morning Alarm by Marc Rebillet

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

https://youtu.be/uLeAot4Zrxo?diOr49wL77tdZ1_h

Got to start the day with a smile or screams...

[–] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Monody by TheFatRat

I love his work especially with Laura Brehm and this one specifically has a nice slow build without any vocals for a while which I find more pleasant to wake up to.

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

Nope. I still have From LA to New York etched into my brain in bile and loathing from it playing on a cheap crappy clock-radio alarm I had when it was first released in '76 or whenever. Actually waking up to that song probably only happened a couple of times, but it was enough. I found that I preferred the brain-piercing built in alarm to having any other songs or drivelling DJs hypnogogically imprinting themselves.

These days I have either birdsong or Tibetan chimes instead.

[–] gary@piefed.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For the first alarm, I use the default iPhone setting. For the second emergency alarm, I use Entombment of a Machine by Job For A Cowboy. I already wore that song out the better part of 20 years ago and it's guaranteed to wake you up every time

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah job for a cowboy would have me getting up to turn that shit off real fast

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkx1hWs88Ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnFv-vlroPw

I have others for other alarms. I set multiple so that I can gauge on who I want to be for the day.

sometimes I want to be Donnie Azoff, most the time I want to be almost unemployed.

[–] Darohan@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

I use the radio, so that I don't get conditioned to hate one specific song, but still have something more pleasant than an alarm tone (which I'd also grow to hate)

[–] crawancon@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago

Nine Inch Nails - The Frail

A++ would wake up again

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I use the middle chorus from Gloryhammer's Masters of the Galaxy, and it's worked really well for a while. But I'm thinking of changing it to the opening of Powerman 5000's Bombshell

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

No, right now I'm using the Star Trek TOS bosun's whistle.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Caramelldansen, the Caramella Girls version.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

My body is now cursed, so 99% I wake up before my alarm.

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just changed it recently to Init by NIN (Tron Ares soundtrack). YouTube

[–] BirdObserver@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This soundtrack kicks so much ass on its own that I almost don’t want to watch the movie and understand the context

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I will tell you that the soundtrack alone tells a story without a doubt, having listened to it at least a hundred times on repeat. After seeing the movie, all the pieces fit perfectly.

I know others are complaining about the movie and maybe that is dissuading you, but fuck 'em. I don't pay much mind to others opinions because most people like to play follow the leader and not think for themselves. It's a great movie and I'm going to see it again before it leaves theaters.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

City of the dead by The Rasmus.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

No, my alarm simultaneously vibrates on my wrist and plays jungle birdsong sounds, gradually increasing in volume, which is a really nice way to wake up.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No. I have to make it the loudest, most unpleasant sound I can find otherwise it does not work.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I use sleep as android and have it set to pull from a web radio. My brain used to tune out any song/ringtone I set for an alarm in about a week. No longer an issue when it's always a different track.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

https://youtu.be/iNmGzWe5jC8

The game is to get up and turn it off before the bass can kick in and wake the neighbours.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Tbh the vibration motor in modern smart phones has been an absolute game changer, the sound doesn't really matter as long as it's a softer sound that still is an alarm. But even semi decent vibration motors in phones are leaps and bounds better than the best of early android phones, it's like someone is tapping me through the mattress, I wake right up.

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago

Brennan Hart and The Prophet

The Sir Digby Chicken Caesar song

The To These Gods You Cannot Pray monologue from Hellblade

And if you really need to wake up, this sound effect can be very effective

[–] timhayes1991@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I used to, but it kinda ruined the song lmao. Everytime I heard it after that I felt alerted

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